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Tired of feeling stressed?

December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Spirit at Work  No comments

I just finished Shawn Achor’s latest book  Before Happiness and decided to revisit my first introduction to Mr. Achor’s insights.  In the The Happiness Advantage Shawn describes our mis-perceptions about the relationship of happiness and performance this way.

“Most people believe that once they become successful, then they’ll be happy...

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The Science of Emotion

December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Peer Powered Performance, Positive Deviance

Science of Emotion

Leadership is a Science

Leadership used to be referred to as an art.  Now it is a proven science.  Every component of this process has a purpose.  Like the endless lines of zeros and ones in binary code, it is not only the content of each component but the space between that produces the results.

Humor with a purpose

laughing_audienceIn live presentations I am most often described as a humorist, but my purpose is not laughter.  I use humor to share difficult lessons in an entertaining way...

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